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		The robber proceeded to the next teller station, which was unoccupied, but he was unable to open the locked cash drawers.
		The robber went to the driver's side of the van, pointed his gun at the taxi driver, and pulled the driver out of the van.
		Messer was approximately 15 feet away when the robber drove past, and, because the robber had pulled up his mask by that time, Messer got a good look at the robber's face, both head on and from the side.
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1988/sg880032.txt (10193 words)

	Sixty Folk-tales from Slavonic Sources: Great Russian Stories: XXXIV. Ilya of Murom and Nightingale the Robber
		The robbers espied Ilya Murometz, and their robber hearts burned for his heroic horse, and they began to talk together about taking his horse from him, for they were not wont to see such horses anywhere, and now an unknown man was riding on so good a horse.
		Nightingale the robber forboded his end and a great misfortune, and before Ilya Murometz approached within twenty versts, began to whistle vigorously with his robber whistling; but the hero's heart was not terrified.
		On the way stood a mansion belonging to Nightingale the robber, and when Ilya Murometz came opposite the robber's mansion, the windows thereof were open, and at these windows the robber's three daughters were looking out.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/sfs/sfs46.htm (1241 words)

	nightingale - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about nightingale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The male nightingale arrives in Britain from central Africa in the middle of April, a few days before the female, and settles in woods or copses.
		A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of food, swooped down and seized him.
		And he had also a nightingale which could sing as if all the beautiful melodies in the world were shut up in its little throat.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Nightingale (358 words)

	Ilya Muramets: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42
		The second movement is an extended Andante (the most Wagnerian movement of the four) called "Nightingale the Robber." In a dark forest lives Nightingale the Robber, a supernatural creature who overcomes mortals with his whistling birdcalls and ferocious animal cries; with him live his three daughters, who lure passers-by with their precious jewels.
		But Ilya resists all their enchantments, sending an arrow into Robber the Nightingale’s eye, and binding him to his stirrup as he sets off for the court of Vladimir.
		After Ilya’s arrival, to a new fanfare motif, there is a long, gradually unfolding section in which Robber the Nightingale’s daughters work their seductive wiles on him, the growing erotic charge of the music enhanced by a proliferation of birdsong.
	www.americansymphony.org /dialogues_extensions/99_2000season/2000_04_16/gliere.cfm (997 words)

	Russian bylines-Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber
		The song "Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber" has been recorded 132 times and is one of the most popular Russian epics.
		The bylina "Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber" reflects a transitional period in the Russian epic tradition when mythological features were blended with historical features.
		Thus the mythological Nightingale acquires partial human characteristics and a Turkic patronymic; the hostile force near Chernigov dimly suggests struggles with the historical adversaries of Kievan Rus.
	www.artrusse.ca /Byliny/ilya_robber.htm (1959 words)

	Rusaniv (Kyiv, Ukraine) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the centre is a yellow sword in pale on which sits the yellow nightingale.
		A nightingale is symbol of an ancient family which deduce from the epic Nightingale-robber.
		Gules color symbolizes bravery of ancestors, vert means well-being and generous vegetation.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ua-kv-ru.html (174 words)

	Nightingale the Robber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber, by Ivan Bilibin.
		He lived in a forest near Bryansk, sat in a tree by the road to Kiev and stunned strangers with his powerful whistle.
		Vladimir Toropchin's animated feature, Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber, to be released on July 7, 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nightingale_the_Robber (332 words)

	BYLINY OF ILYA OF MUROM (ILYA MUROMETS)
		Another embodiment of the whirlwind is Nightingale the Robber, whose historical prototype is supposed to be the Megut, pardoned by Vladimir.
		There sat Nightingale the Robber (surnamed the Magic Bird), and thrust his turbulent head out from his nest upon the seven oaks; sparks and flame poured from his mouth and nostrils.
		With that he took Nightingale the Robber by his white hands, led him far out upon the open plain, fitted a burning arrow to his stout bow, and shot it into the fl breast of that Magic Bird.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/IlyaMur.html (13449 words)

	Movie Info for Posse on MSN Movies
		Kirk Douglas produced, directed, and starred in this cynical western concerning Howard Nightingale (Kirk Douglas) a United States marshal who uses the pursuit of an outlaw to further his political career.
		Nightingale organizes a posse to track down Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern), a notorious bank robber.
		Meanwhile, Nightingale tries to insinuate himself with Strawhorn and cut a deal for his freedom.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=52409 (112 words)

	Nightingale the Robber - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Nightingale the Robber - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		Nightingale the Robber or Solovei the Brigand (Russian: Соловей-Разбойник, Solovey-Razboynik), also known as Solovey Odikhmantievich (Соловей Одихмантьевич), was a Russian epic robber from bylinas poetry.
		This article relating to a European myth or legend is a stub.
	www.medbib.com /Nightingale_the_Robber (300 words)

	How to give a great speech
		It happened on his old radio program when he was approached by a robber who said, "Your money or your life." What followed was simply silence, the deadly, convulsively funny silence that only Jack Benny could manage.
		The silence lasted only a few seconds when the laughter began, then mounted and mounted and continued for a record-breaking period of time, I think something like 15 minutes.
		Finally, when it did subside, the robber repeated, "I said your money or your life." And Jack Benny replied, "I'm thinking.
	www.nightingale.com /tAE_Article~ArticleID~325~Page~3.asp (739 words)

	Lubok based on Literature
		The most popular was the bylina about Ilia and Nightingale the Robber.
		Because Ilia bears resemblance to Peter and the Nightingale to the Swedish king Charles XII, Ovsiannikov believes that one of these early prints was made in support of Peter the Great.
		In the nineteenth century, one episode from the bylina, the shooting of the Nightingale (picture number four from the series), was singled out to appear alone, as in The Strong and Brave Hero Ilia Muromets Rides Out.
	www.rollins.edu /Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubliter.html (833 words)

	news - umblu.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bassist Poska proposed the new name for the band Röövel Ööbik (The Robber Nightingale), from the old russian fairy-tale.
		At the end of 1994 RÖ decided call it a day by releasing their last album "Psyckikosmos" and manifesting their intrests in house, techno and electronic music and forming band called Una Bomba.
		With the new guitarist Sten Sheripov to power the old outfit, it kicks off with the brand new album "Supersymmetry" and gives you the chances to die through extensive whistling on 03/12 in von Krahl, Tallinn.
	www.umblu.com /news/?id=118 (259 words)

	Pages of history of the Bryansk Region (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Vyatichy elders during a number of decades made resistance against the power of the Prince of Kiev and against the expansion of Christianity.
		In the opinion of some Historians, a legendary Nightingale The Robber, who lived in a Bryansk Forest, perishing all the travellers by his mighty whistle, really was one of the belligerent elders.
		Ages ago, the location of the place, where Bryansk city was founded, was forgotten by people.
	www.bryanskobl.ru /~press/histore1.html (920 words)

	Heroes & Symbols - Charlotte Gray
		Each of these national heroes has sparked several million feet of film and a gazillion written pages (over 15,000 books on Napoleon and still counting).
		It is not only national leaders who are celebrated in these countries: university library shelves groan with mega-bios and unpublished theses on Rockefeller, the American robber-baron; Florence Nightingale, the autocrat Englishwoman who revolutionized nursing; or the French intellectual, Jean-Paul Sartre.
		Each of these characters incarnate a trait of which their countries are proud: American industry, British guts, French brains.
	www.greatquestions.com /e/q5_gray_1.html (1174 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Myths And Legends I Need To Plunder
		Nightingale The Robber-Also known as "Solovei The Brigand" is an epic thief from Russian folklore who waits in trees for passerby, capable of stunning (or even killing) them with an incredibly powerful whistle.
		Fabian now spends his time scaring thieves and villains in forest, and is frequently depicted as a game-keeper by statue makers.
		Hircocervi is the plural form for the singular "Hircocervus." Possibly the most obscure creature I've ever run across, as far as I can tell this is a half goat/half stag animal.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/hub/A7231736 (1593 words)

	Finch - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		blue jay, bluetit, camp robber, cardinal, chaffinch, chickadee, cuckoo, dove, finch, house martin, jay, martin, nuthatch, pigeon, robin, sparrow,...
		meadowlark, skylark, warbler, woodlark, flbird, bluebird, flycatcher, hedge sparrow, lark, linnet, nightingale, nightjar, oriole, pied wagtail,...
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	ca.encarta.msn.com /Finch.html (144 words)

	Gliere: Ilya Murometz
		In a slight variation of this story, the illustration by the Russian artist Ivan Bilibin (right) shows Ilya Murometz attempting without success to open the coffin which proved to be Svyatogor's final resting place.
		Solovei Razboynik the Brigand, also known as Nightingale the Robber was a creature half bird, half human who lived in a tree blockading the road to Kiev.
		He could summon up a howling, whistling wind which blew down trees and killed mortals.
	www.clarihorn.freeserve.co.uk /gliere/ilya.htm (500 words)

	RUSSIAN LITERATURE - Online Information article about RUSSIAN LITERATURE
		Nightingale the Robber (Solovey Razboinik), who terrifies travellers and lives in a See also:
		Many spirited poems are consecrated to the achievements of Stenka See also:
		Razin, the bold robber of the Volga, who was for a long time a popular hero.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RON_SAC/RUSSIAN_LITERATURE.html (2304 words)

	Slavic mythology
		On an even lower level, certain mythical archetypes evolved into fairy-tale characters.
		These include Baba Yaga, Koschei the Immortal, Nightingale the Robber, Vodyanoy, Zmey Gorynych, and so on.
		At this point of development, one can hardly speak of mythology anymore.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slavic_mythology.html (6934 words)

	Ilya Muromets - Sci-Fi / Fantasy Classic Movies on DVD (1956) - Image Entertainment : Oldies.com
		Heroic warrior Ilya Muromets succeeds in protecting the Russian land from evil enemies, defeating their thousands-strong army.
		Along the way he encounters numerous monsters including Nightingale the Robber and Gorynych the Serpent in this spectacular epic, the first Soviet widescreen film.
		The first Soviet widescreen film ever produced, ILYA MUROMETS follows Ilya's wild battles against unspeakable evils, which include massive armies and creatures with names like "Nightingale the Robber," and "Gorynch the Serpent".
	www.oldies.com /product-view/1802GD.html (308 words)

	The Theatre "Grandpa Durov's Nook" - Offitial Web-site
		Attraction "Be so Kind" is an amazing journey of white mice by railway to the realm of fairy tales by A.S. Pushkin.
		Guileful "Baba-Jaga" is watching after them through a telescope and peculiar Squirrel is nibbling golden nuts, the Princess of Shemakha is standing at the entrance of a picturesque tent, the menacing Robber is hiding himself behind the trees, Princess Swan is sailing in a boat.
		Evil forces have thought of many insidious things: the Nightingale-Robber, Baba-Jaga, Wood-goblin, Kikimora and Wicked Magician.
	www.ugolokdurova.ru /eng_mouserailway.html (469 words)

	Bela- Hero of our Time
		Our Kabardans or our Chechens, though they may be robbers and paupers, are at least reckless daredevils; but these people aren't even interested in weapons: you won't see a decent dagger on a single one of them.
		And to tell the truth, his countenance was that of a regular robber: he was small, wiry, broad-shouldered...
		Meanwhile, the clouds had settled, it began to hall and to snow heavily; the wind, bursting into the gorges, roared, whistled like Nightingale the Robber, and soon the stone cross disappeared in the mist, which was rolling in from the east, in billows each thicker and more compact than the one before.
	www.namdar.dircon.co.uk /aaRussian/Lermon/bela.htm (11801 words)

	ILYA MUROMETS on DVD · Alexander Ptushko · R·U·S·C·I·C·O
		Ilya Muromets is a heroic warrior who succeeded in protecting the Russian land from evil enemies, defeating their thousands-strong army.
		He saved Russia from various monsters, such as Nightingale the Robber and Gorynych the Serpent.
		This was the first Soviet wide-screen motion picture.
	www.ruscico.com /detail.php?lang=jp&film=51 (331 words)

	THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON (1956, Soviet Union)
		Ilya takes the sword of Svyatogor and swears to defend his country against the hated Tugars.
		On the way to Kiev, where he plans to offer his services to the wise and beloved Prince Vladimir, Ilya encounters the dreaded Nightingale the Robber (called 'The Wind Demon" in the American version), whose loud and powerful whistling has claimed many Russian lives.
		Ilya captures the Nightingale and presents him as a gift to Prince Vladimir.
	www.kiddiematinee.com /s-sworddragon.html (1361 words)

	Russian Films - Fantasy
		Alexander Ptushko's 1956 classic is Soviet filmmaking on an epic scale: the first widescreen feature ever produced in the USSR, Ptushko's fantasy adventure also set an all-time world cinema record by employing 106,000 extras and 11,000 horses in its battle scenes.
		Boris Andreyev plays the questing title character, a mythical Russian hero of the Middle Ages who challenges fearsome monsters including Nightingale the Robber and Gorynych the Serpent.
		Spectacular both in scope and execution, Ptushko's film is an enduring classic.
	www.multilingualbooks.com /foreignvids-russ-fantasy.html (1785 words)

	Matthew Josephson, Robber Barons, ch 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit
		And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ;
		Where the tints of the earth and the hues of the sky
	www.geocities.com /doswind/josephson/baron_04.html (7352 words)

	MGPL Webrary® - Fairy Tales for Adults
		Atwood, Margaret Good Bones and Simple Murders, The Robber Bride (Robber Bridegroom)
		Byatt, A.S. : The Djinn in the nightingale's eye (Genie in the Lamp)
		Dalkey, Kara : The Nightingale; Little Sister and sequel Heavenward Path (Japanese myth)
	www.webrary.org /rs/flbklists/talesforadults.html (1125 words)

	stopmotionanimation.com forum - Viewing topic #2345 - The New Gulliver 1935 Russian film - anyone seen it?
		Meanwhile, here are the rest of those goodies from the Ptushko documentary.
		Here's a poor deformed creature called "Nightingale Robber":
		Here is a very heroic battle scene looking like something from the finest moments of Prince Valiant (I think both of these clips are from Sadko):
	www.stopmotionanimation.com /dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=25&topic_id=2345&mesg_id=2345&listing_type=search (3710 words)

	Russian Fairy Tales
		For February 23 -- Seifert, "Marvelous Realities:...," in Canepa, Out of the Woods, 131-151; Afanasev, "The Bad Wife," 56-57; "The Wise Maiden and the Seven Robbers," 134-40; "The Taming of the Shrew," 161-62; "The Indiscreet Wife," 226-67; "Husband and Wife," 369-370; "The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise," 427-37; "The Goldfish," 528-32
		Folklore and linguistics; semiotics and verbal archeology [Lecture Notes]
		For March 26 -- "Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber," in Bailey and Ivanova, eds., An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics, 28-36; "Sadko" -- handout; Afanasev, "Ivanushka the Simpleton," 142-145; "Foma Berennikov," 284-87; "Ilya Muromets and the Dragon," 569-75
	www.swarthmore.edu /Humanities/sforres1/syllabi/Tales/index.html (2146 words)

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